Synopsis

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sandra Glover

'Secrets. She hated secrets. Even the nice kind bothered her-'Karen doesn't want to get mixed up with Zoe at all, let alone listen to Zoe's shocking secret - that Zoe is pregnant! Then, some months later, a baby is found abandoned and Zoe suddenly claims that her previous confession had been made up. Karen is devastated. For Zoe's actions force her to examine her own thoughts about her own traumatic past (she, too, was found as a baby, abandoned, and is now adopted). When Karen realizes what she must do, she finds it's a step into the spotlight - for Zoe, unlike Karen, really can't keep a secret-

About the Author

Sandra Glover was born in Manchester in 1953. She took a History degree at the University of Lancaster and then did her teacher training in York. She was Head of the History Department at a Comprehensive School in Luton.

She is married and has three children, two boys and a girl. She now lives in Cumbria. Her interests include books, theatre, film, history, cooking and animals.

Sandra Glover’s second book Breaking the Rules was published by Andersen in 1998 and her third book, The Girl Who Knew, published May 2000, were also shortlisted for the Lancashire Children’s Book of the Year Award. Her first novel for younger readers was e-(t)mail (2002), followed by The Foxcroft Files (2003) and My Spooky Sister (2004). Her most recent novel for younger readers is Message from Mia (2007), which was shortlisted for the Nottingham Brilliant Book Award 2007 and the RED Book Award (Falkirk) 2008.

Her latest book is Somewhere Else, which is published by Andersen Press in September 2008.